trucutru posted:

Alphas are not supposed to that sort version numbering anyways. Anything goes!

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This is just one of many examples that show there is no staggarded development. Things get pushed 1 release instead of 2. Things that are only one build away affecting the next build. (I am talking ships and locations, things not depending on tech.)

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So I was really pressuring for an answer if this all last month and what I got from it is that an off-hand un-official interview done at a fan event with Dan Trufin (leader of the gameplay team) staring that refueling needs iCache to work and if CR has it his way they would need Multiple Physics Grid tech to get the gm full fidelity of the fuel hose to connect for T0. This means the big 6-month turnout for careers announced in Sept for refueling first and salvaging second is put on hold until at least iCache and possibility the docking tech if CR gets his way.

Kosumo posted:

This is FUD.

Everyone knows that Crytek got obliterated by Ortwinning and CIG in the lawsuit and are so poor that they had to get a loan to buy a lawnmower so that they could make money mowing lawns.

They could not even program boobs (60065) on an old casnio calculator since all their talent fled to glorious CIG to work under the code master, Chris Roberts.

Strangler 42 posted:

Gone implies that she isn't still drawing a 6 figure salary. I would have gone with promoted to a position better suited to her skills.

Sarsapariller posted:

As someone said once around here, the paradox of the backer: The past of Star Citizen is vague and unknowable, while the future is always fixed and certain.

TheAgent posted:

so I guess Sandi really is gone

TheAgent posted:

so I guess Sandi really is gone

Quavers posted:

https://clips.twitch.tv/CourteousHelplessTermiteNotATK

SaltEMike: This is trash

Scruffpuff posted:

In many ways the enormous size and scope of the scam is one of the main things that lures otherwise intelligent people in. It's difficult to believe something with this much money, this many employees and offices, and so many screenshots and website details on ships and lore and locations can be one giant scam anyway.

It's double-irony that Chris Roberts "name recognition" is figuring into any of this in his favour, because the people most familiar with him would have known this was a scam from day one. So he relies on people being maybe sorta aware of who he is.

Quavers posted:

https://clips.twitch.tv/CourteousHelplessTermiteNotATK

SaltEMike: This is trash

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I get it. But we don’t see the most exciting things they are working on. The back end tools they have been completing make things that took a week to do in the past take an afternoon now. We don’t see that and they don’t advertise it as much. But we will see the results of that.

I also think we will see that end gate when they do the squadron 42 demo in October.

Dooguk posted:

iCache? Really? Do they have an office competition every week for this made up bollocks?

Kosumo posted:

Another project where she ended up on the cutting room floor?

Dooguk posted:

iCache? Really? Do they have an office competition every week for this made up bollocks?

Agony Aunt posted:

Will "Pusher" now be removed from the game?

Agony Aunt posted:

Or, how about they use their fleet, employ people to fly their ships in such a way as to control the whole of the game, loving over all other whales from ever gaining any sort of status in the game.

trucutru posted:

I just think it's funny that, while the project goes down in flames, C.R. is extremely focused on horse simulation fidelity.

And, while they make sure those hoses are just right they maybe can spare some time to start pre-designing their network engine.

The Titanic posted:

My favorite/least favorite part was my let's play of one of Derek's games. I felt like he liked me up until he realized I was too stupid to quit out of his game because the escape key (which in most games brings up a main menu of sorts) brought up some kind of convoluted-game-system that didn't let me quit the game at all. I had to finally like control alt delete to kill the process because I had no idea how to just stop playing. I did not read the 500 page manual for the tutorial. So it was ultimately my fault but I don't think Derek recovered and was banned again not long after for doing crazy things again.

Colostomy Bag posted:

wth, never heard of the llama farm story.

Bofast posted:

What, like a Calder sponsored Goon swarm? Unlikely in the extreme, but fun to think about

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By the way - THIS is how 3.9 looked back in DECEMBER: https://i.imgur.com/dgrmIHI.jpg
People were really excited for:

- A new mission giver
- the Bounty Huntor Armor which has been delayed countless times
- Unoccupied Rest STops
- Finally some NPC Improvements
- Dynamic Mission System: Egonomy Generated Missions
- Restricted Area Rework (which already has been pushed before)
- Dynamic Misison System: Mission Generation along QT Routes
- Commodity Transfer Timers
- Accounting App so we can finally send aUEC to other players
- Economy Display Terminals to make Cargo shipping actually fun again
- PvP Bounties -> people were hoping to manually place bounties, how has this been on the roadmap for 8 months ?!
- Death Animation Improvements -> I wonder what the "blocker" here is
- Repair / Refuel / Restock Kiosks: We all know this hasnt been working for I dont know how long
- Bounty Mission NPC Improvements
- Cutless Blue
- DRAKE VULTURE (dont forget Salvage for 4.0 and Multicrew Gameplay for 4.0)
- Door System Improvements -> finally being able to lock cockpits
- Large Scale Shadow Improvements

Agony Aunt posted:

Year after year as well. Even backers who have lived through previous years seemingly wipe their memories and reset them for the coming year.

Bootcha posted:

So, uh.

This flew under the radar.

https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/70695/epic-games-acquires-facial-animation-firm-cubic-motion/

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/23/epic-games-buys-3lateral-maker-of-super-realistic-digital-humans/

So, uh, who's doing the mocap animation now?

trucutru posted:

New! Elevator panel updates!

Pixelate posted:

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The current flight simulator 2020 just released a patch for their alpha which has more features in their weekly update then star citizen does this whole quarter

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But can FS 2020 compete with SC's elevator fidelity? No? Then what is your point!? CIG is the best and CR's vision is beautiful

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To be fair, Chris Roberts is 4x more efficient with backer money than funds from a typical publisher.

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Christopher Roberto personally saw to the development of these high fidelity and immersive elevator displays, just IMAGINE the amount of dynamic gameplay it will bring, you cant fault the code whisperer genius for putting such an important gameplay feature on the top priority list, this is truly the pinnacle of gameplay you cant find in any other game. also please go into the knick-knack shop and buy useless poo poo for 10$/piece k thanks - CIG

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Exhilarated to see the new elevator button gameplay. Can't wait to see if it's rows and columns of future-retrofuturisric old school buttons, or a full on brainstem implantation of neural linked elevator control module. This game is constantly pushing the boundaries. Ah man gahd!!! I just can't wait to see it all working in perfect harmony. Really interested to see the upcoming elevator repair specialization . I think it's a fantastic take on having freedom of your career paths. This is what I'm talking about with FULL IMMERSION people. Shame on all you naysayers. This is what our $250 million in support has got us, the most state of the art rendition of bleeding edge elevator gameplay in the industry.

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Just wait till you see the vanduul elavators.

HorseBodyInspector posted:

I was looking at my most beloved subreddit and found posts which look like copied from here. How many alts guys you have there?

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8 years to develop 2 games. They also didn't start as a massive company with hundreds of staff with a development pipeline worked out. Building the company, hiring/training staff, and building new tech not seen in games before takes a lot of time.

8 years is a long time but considering the scale and ambition of this game it's hardly any time at all.

I'm not saying it justifies CIG's unreasonable release dates or hype cycle but 8 years is not enough time for both Star Citizen and SQ42 to be anywhere near complete.

Quavers posted:

Call To Action: All Citizens

I cannot be alone in the disappointment that is this week's roadmap update. Even dismissing COVID-19, a lot of features and tech that could be making start citizen a more fleshed out and enjoyable experience are being pushed back continuously in favor of ship updates and small changes like "knick knacks", and then they are going to have the audacity to ask for more money with a rumored ship sale because people got their stimulus checks.

This is a call to action for all citizens. I think it's time we start showing CIG our disappointment with the lack of real and tangeble gameplay and polish by voting with our wallets.

Any ship sales, new concepts, flair and subscriptions should no longer be paid to CIG. Until Chris and the team figure out how to actually deliver on VITAL roadmap updates, we should not be giving a cent more to this development team.

Is this extreme? Maybe. Will it make a point? Hell yes.

They have funding still to last for a couple of patches but until we show CIG that we are sick of the constant pushing back of cards that are ANNOUNCED purely to push ship sales and then moved at a later date with "reprioritization" then I don't believe we will see any real progress as backers of Star Citizen.

I know I'll get push back and downvotes with this, but I do really want this game to succeed and I think CIG has become to complacent with pushing vital features back in favor of ship sales.

Thoughts?

El Grillo posted:

Good loving lord, this was posted on SC Reddit and is getting upvoted:


The sub is melting down now in the most spectacular fashion I've seen so far: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/g3kumu/star_citizen_roadmap_update_20200417/